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Anonymous wrote:This is sad. The men you “love” to hang with don’t care about you at all. You’ve deprived yourself of female friendship which can be one of the most powerful and defining relationships in a woman’s life.

Or it can lead to being bullied when a Queen Bee decides to round up all her followers against you.

Anonymous wrote:This is sad. The men you “love” to hang with don’t care about you at all. You’ve deprived yourself of female friendship which can be one of the most powerful and defining relationships in a woman’s life.

Anonymous wrote:An all female workplace can be toxic, but so can an all male.
I always chuckle when I hear women say, “ I just prefer being the only girl at poker night.”
It just reeks of insecurity to me. Being threatened by the presence of other women isn’t chill. There’s nothing chill about that.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't put it as strongly as you have, but I hear you. I have had (and do have) close women friends in my life, but I find it much easier to be friends with men. I was raised in a family of boys (cousins, too), and I find them much easier to be around. When I was in college, I was the one girl that was invited to the boys' poker night. It worked out for me, because I went into an industry that was dominated by men, and it didn't bother me to be the only woman in the room.

FWIW, in my career, I have been known for promoting and mentoring women. I like women; I just find many women exhausting when it comes to personal relationships.

I too find friendships with men easier, or should I say interactions. As a married woman I try not to develop any deep friendships with men because they too easily transition into more than friendships... btdt. But I too chose a male dominated field and often I am the only female in a room of 20. Anyhow, I do have close female friends, but they are hard to find.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't put it as strongly as you have, but I hear you. I have had (and do have) close women friends in my life, but I find it much easier to be friends with men. I was raised in a family of boys (cousins, too), and I find them much easier to be around. When I was in college, I was the one girl that was invited to the boys' poker night. It worked out for me, because I went into an industry that was dominated by men, and it didn't bother me to be the only woman in the room.

FWIW, in my career, I have been known for promoting and mentoring women. I like women; I just find many women exhausting when it comes to personal relationships.

I too find friendships with men easier, or should I say interactions. As a married woman I try not to develop any deep friendships with men because they too easily transition into more than friendships... btdt. But I too chose a male dominated field and often I am the only female in a room of 20. Anyhow, I do have close female friends, but they are hard to find.

OP here. Yes, this is the issue I face. I am a tomboy at heart, and always gravitated more towards males for friendship growing up. Now that I'm an adult and married that dynamic is complicated because of the reason you mentioned. I have a female friend, but find it hard to have several female friends. PP used the word exhausting, and I think that accurately sums up how I feel about a lot of female interactions. I just could run across more ladies who are more light hearted and less demanding.

Anonymous wrote:I just *wish I could run across more ladies who are more light hearted and less demanding.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't put it as strongly as you have, but I hear you. I have had (and do have) close women friends in my life, but I find it much easier to be friends with men. I was raised in a family of boys (cousins, too), and I find them much easier to be around. When I was in college, I was the one girl that was invited to the boys' poker night. It worked out for me, because I went into an industry that was dominated by men, and it didn't bother me to be the only woman in the room.

FWIW, in my career, I have been known for promoting and mentoring women. I like women; I just find many women exhausting when it comes to personal relationships.

I too find friendships with men easier, or should I say interactions. As a married woman I try not to develop any deep friendships with men because they too easily transition into more than friendships... btdt. But I too chose a male dominated field and often I am the only female in a room of 20. Anyhow, I do have close female friends, but they are hard to find.